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Milinovich comments on "Avoiding self-promotion" (19058)

Milinovich — Tue, 15 May 2012 13:07:21 -0700

I finally got around to posting the question:

http://mathoverflow.net/questions/97040/optimization-problem-arising-from-the-study-of-zeta-zeros

Thanks again for the feedback.

grp comments on "Avoiding self-promotion" (19038)

grp — Thu, 10 May 2012 16:42:06 -0700

If for any reason you still need reassurance, you can post a version of the question here and express your doubts about it and/or ask for help making it appropriate for MathOverflow. Honest requests to do so are almost never received negatively here. Of course, if it is just another attempt at spam ...

Gerhard "But I'm Sure It's OK" Paseman, 2012.05.10

Milinovich comments on "Avoiding self-promotion" (19037)

Milinovich — Thu, 10 May 2012 14:04:06 -0700

Alright, thanks for the comments (and the piling on).

Ben Webster comments on "Avoiding self-promotion" (19035)

Ben Webster — Thu, 10 May 2012 12:06:34 -0700

Just to pile on: if you're thinking "gee, I hope this question doesn't sound like unacceptable self-promotion," you're pretty unlikely to actually cross the line. Certainly the idea isn't that you shouldn't ask questions relevant to your papers, or that you shouldn't mention this fact if you do. Generally mentioning your own work isn't a problem if you're actually asking a question.

Angelo comments on "Avoiding self-promotion" (19034)

Angelo — Thu, 10 May 2012 11:19:30 -0700

I see absolutely no problem, even if you mention the paper.

Neil Strickland comments on "Avoiding self-promotion" (19033)

Neil Strickland — Thu, 10 May 2012 11:18:33 -0700

That seems fine to me.

Harry Gindi comments on "Avoiding self-promotion" (19032)

Harry Gindi — Thu, 10 May 2012 07:54:58 -0700

Write the question and include the paper as a reference. Explain as much of the terminology and notation as you have patience for, though.

Milinovich comments on "Avoiding self-promotion" (19031)

Milinovich — Thu, 10 May 2012 07:28:40 -0700

I would like to ask an optimization problem that arose in a paper my collaborators and I wrote a few years ago, but never solved. Is this acceptable? I do not want it to sound like an advertisement for the paper or like shameless self-promotion.

One possibility is that I do not mention the paper, but then it may be difficult to appropriately "motivate" the question.

An input would be appreciated,

- Micah